<div>Dear Olivier,</div><div> Are the edges of the hole at all worn or does it seem as if the object was prepared for the funerary ceremony? The phalange seems to come from a rather old and decrepit individual. Are there any parallels between the age and health conditonss of the deceased and this old, somewhat crippled (exotoses on the body of the phalange) bovid?</div>
<div> </div><div>Alice <br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:07 AM, PUTELAT Olivier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:olivier.putelat@pair-archeologie.fr">olivier.putelat@pair-archeologie.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;" class="gmail_quote">Dear colleagues, we found in Entzheim-Geispolsheim, Alsace (France) a recent Neolithic human grave. Various bone tools were under the skeleton. Among them is an perforated 1rst bovid phalanx (photo). Do You have any idea and data on this object : tool, amulet ? Many thanks in advance. Olivier.<br>
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